Craniosacral Therapy is a gentle and effective technique used to release pain, stress, tension and restrictions in the body. Treatments help clients who are struggling with headaches, migraines, jaw pain, TMJ disfunction, neck and shoulder pain, sinusitis, anxiety, depression and low energy, insomnia and PTSD.
I completed my diploma in Visionary Craniosacral Work® with highly respected teacher Dr Hugh Milne and continue to attend his Milne Institute courses as an assistant teacher.
Working with Babies, Mothers and Pregnancy
In November 2019 I completed training with Sarah Nestling to qualify me to work with babies, mothers and pregnancy. Treatments at this transformational time allow there to be space for all the natural anxieties about pregnancy and motherhood to be articulated, both verbally and bodily.
Our body holds onto our life experiences in its tissues – whether we’re an adult or a child. Treatments gently work to settle both mother and baby’s nervous systems, through a light contact on the body, at either end of the spine. Babies may be cuddled or fed during treatment and older babies can play. Partners are welcome to be at the sessions also.
My treatments, given fully clothed, are 60 – 90 minutes long and consist of skilful, anatomically specific touch to identify areas of restriction, compression or tension. The subtle internal tensions manifested by the craniosacral system are then followed until points of resistance are encountered and released, allowing the tissues to return to their normal healthy function.
“A few days after an emergency c-section delivering my daughter, I was suffering from the most intense, debilitating headaches over several days. My midwifes suggested this could be a result of the spinal anaesthetic I’d been given, which apparently can in some cases cause spinal fluid to leak and cause a reduction in pressure in the brain. After just a short session with Louise the pain had subsided and thankfully didn’t return. Great to get immediate relief rather than wait and go through additional invasive medical procedures that the nhs suggested would be on the cards to resolve it! Highly recommended! ” Katy
Why is cranial work effective?
“In simple terms, if the cranial bones are not in the “right place,” then the brain and central nervous system cannot be in the “right place.” The hormonal system cannot perform optimally. Even though the cranial bones move only half the thickness of a sheet of writing paper, the human head is so delicate and so suffused with vital nerve pathways, that even slight deformations of a bone’s movement or position can produce physical or psychological symptoms, and often both.
When the cranial wave is distorted it also consumes or diverts a disproportionate amount of “chi,” or energy, lowers the strength of the immune system, and increases the likelihood of chronic states like depression becoming intractable. When the cranial wave is optimized, we feel “all of a whole,” we feel wonderful.
The optimum fluctuation of our energy field optimizes the functioning of our nervous system, and has a profound influence on our immune and hormonal systems. That is why some people whose conditions seem to be quite unrelated to the craniosacral system do feel much better after receiving the work.
Some dentists use it to make sure orthodontics are correctly fitted, and as part of their work with jaw joint or temporomandibular dysfunction (TMD). Dentists find that a cap or filling that is even 3 microns too prominent (the thickness of fine dental carbon-paper) can cause jaw, neck and head pain—occasionally even knee dysfunction. When the prominence is removed, the patient often feels immediate and dramatic relief.
Craniosacral work is the only modality that specifically works with impacted sutures that can result from trauma to the head, releasing them through skilled and patient attention.”
Hugh Milne, The Milne Institute
To read more about the VCSW® tradition which I’ve studied please visit http://milneinstitute.com/
